I grew up watching Ray 91yrs & then Terry 78yrs, who were my favourite players. Both are still going strong. ❤️❤

Only ever seen him at night. He played for centuries.

Just the best, all things considered - the old tables, cloth, balls - truly remarkable.

And to think he was past his prime when he turned professional. A truly great player had every facet of the game and cast iron under pressure. He would have done very well in today's game. All time great no question about it.

Ray showing just why he was one of the true greats. Terrific!

One of the greatest of all time , king of the 70's . Charismatic , funny and utterly brilliant

Now having the benefit of watching the whole vid.....my goodness, he was a brave and wonderful player!...no wonder Ronnie went to him for help, he was a quick and confident player.

Dracula was my fave player growing up as a kid

The GOAT

An absolute gentleman...god bless him.

Always rated Ray Reardon very highly and a lovely charactor as well.

The long brown he pots with canon to blue in the '82 World final against Higgins must be one of the finest shots under pressure EVER! Pinching that frame after needing a snooker made it 15-15.

ray was not overly cocky but had a self assured confidence in the way that he should have having done all he had he just had a quiet class about him

No player in the history of the sport exuded the aura and "bossed" the room in quite the way Ray Reardon did. Arguably the greatest tactician of all time and certainly in the top 3 players ever to pick up a cue !

What a player! Look at those pockets, very tight!

I just discovered a real living legend .. wow.

The only comments I could make about the Legendary Ray Reardon are that he was a true professional a true gentleman and the greatest ambassador for the sport it's a shame that I never saw the best of him I started to watch snooker from the age of 13 in 1980 great tactition great technician brilliant in every aspect it's a shame there are not any players of his courteous gentlemanous around today it's a shame I was not old enough to understand snooker in the 1970s when he was in his prime and he was the man.Period. In my opinion the greatest player of all time.

I grew up in the 70's@80's watching ray reardon and what a fantastic player he was.watching him play now is eye opening

Reardon one of the greatest players in history and to think he turned professional AFTER his prime. Up there with the very best. He had it all.

Without doubt the great Ray Reardon the best player from the 70's

Perfect stance, bridge and cue action. Master tactician. Ray never had many balls roll off. Great trick shot show second to none. Got a signed copy of his book Classic Snooker when attending an exhibition in 1981. Great player and a great man.

He has a very quick and decisive hit and follow through. Takes Very high confidence.

At 18:52 reardon plays one of the best snookers in a world final I've ever seen.

I play alot of snooker and learnt angles and application from watching Ray Reardon...thank you top man

Ray really was one of the greatest ,I’ve watched some of his old matches ,he made the game look easy ,his shots were fantastic ,and long pots and difficult shots from the cushion were made to look simple but wasn’t , wonderful player

No matter which year is it, No matter which century it is, No matter which arena it is, No matter who are the players..... There is a someone in the audience who always coughs and distracts everybody.... What a remarkable consistency of the coughing audience. 🤧😷🤒😪🤧😪😷

i forgot just how good Ray Reardon was. immense.

Very similar to Steve Davis at his pomp. Calm, cool and take no chances.

John Spencer's comment about the difference between Reardon and Mans was a great one and very true. Reardon could win the table at one visit as this video demonstrates.

Superb player, i used to love watching him play and he was humorous with it too !

Ray was some player.

A Great video showing what an all round player Ray Reardon was, I was amazed by his long potting, his temperement to finish off frames and matches under pressure, not only safety play. In way you can see how great players on one generation inspired the next.

This footage is like gold dust! Amazing!

That shot from green to brown was sensational! 15:20

What a clearance so many difficult shots !

Fantastic player.If he was around today he'd be greater still

Love this. What a shot maker. Demon with a rest too.

pure class

Reardon the best all-round player of all-time. Consistency, temperament, potting, safety, creativity, longevity, tactical, mental strength etc.....Reardon had no weak links in his game

The green against eddie and the brown against Alex ! Oh boy.

Lovely to see the players of yesteryear, I remember them well. Even Len Ganley!!

Ah, back in the days where the front of the Crucible stage resembled a day at a funeral. 😂 Always loved watching this man play, so graceful was this wily tactician and trap setter 😊

Wow what a consistency of Cough Patients :-@

I like his playing style

Consummate gentlemen, great player and the man who made Ronnie complete.

All of us Aussies just adore ol raymond...in the day

Looked every inch a top player. Was coming to the end of his career when I started watching snooker 81/82 so enjoyed this video.

Super video... has to be the best Reardon video I've ever seen. The clearance against Stevens was amazing.

Reardon regards O'Sullivan as by far the Goat.I'm surprised at how good he himself was and what a great shot on the first black along the cushion to pot it was difficult but he powered it in and came back out lovely on the reds.One of the true greats he was himself.

15:21 What a positional shot!

A fantastic compilation. Thank you for uploading as always.

Ray reardon,Stephen hendry and ronnie o"sullivan are the 3 best ever snooker players ever.

Always fun watching him kick steady eddie's arse

His white ball control is not perfect (may be former table not fast) but his accuracy is absolutely incredible.

The GOAT ?

Keep calm & stay cool 😎

Ray used to lift his head quite often on the shot and his cue arm never looked straight but it never made a blind bit of difference.....he was a quality player...a genius....to me equates to Jocky wilson in darts.....Jockey used to jump off the floor and snatch like a looney but again.....it didnt matter....He knew where they were going !!!

Great video, what a potter!

potting the green to get on the brown...superb

Damn, they didn't give applause as easily back in the day did they?

Over 50 years ago he had me pot a blue off the spot at Butlins, will never forget that

The tables were enormously slower back then. I think they're too fast these days actually.

Awesome....great all round game...6 times champion and great character

I'm gutted I never saw Ray Reardon at his best I started watching snooker in 1982. Snooker meant nothing to us in the 70s we had black and white tv until 1980

Marvellous.

Master 👌

The best all round player ever for me and I say that partly as he was 35 when he turned pro. How many world titles would he have won if he had have been allowed to at 18?

Ray Reardon only plays at night. He's not really a mourning person.

oldest to become a world champion, ever - 46 years old great play indeed, really nice.

Ted Lowe does Yoda: "Playing brilliant snooker is this former World Champion Ray Reardon"

Dracular, legend

you can clearly hear, that smoking was more common back in the days

It'd be nice if they clean up & upgrade these old clips

Steady Eddie was Gutted! 😢

Plenty of smokers in the crowd back then

ths is going to aound like bullshit but is true i went to the wake of my partners father in paignton in devon and met ray because my partners dad was rays gardener and shook his hand ray was a true class above a decent man who had real values this you wont hear about but it happened true enough

Is it just me, or is that cue unusually short?

In the first clip. It say 23 to 18! How many frames did they have per match?

Perrie Mans won the Masters in 1979 with a high break of 48.

Great to see ray near his prime, and he always lifted his head slightly even in his heyday, I met at butlins I was 16,he signed my cue for me,I varnished in it later

Blimey….

sounds like aload of coronavirus going on in the crowd

He beat Steve Davis 5/0 in the 88 British open. Amazing result

Ted Lowe only ever refers to nationality.

I am Drácula

All the greats lost ta Reardon, most clips are of Reardon losses

The game seams easier back then. Maybe cloths used to be thicker.

No one mentioning the farm animals in the audience

but my partners brother was also there a real idiot he was and asked ray if he was any good at snooker i will leave it up to you to imagine what ray said to him

Mountjoy ending looks a bit fishy to me with nobody being able to even look at each other. Parrot free ball just as fishy.

they playing in a funeral home or something wi that stage dressing

Not a big fan of putting the scores on the screen back then were they. Driving me nuts not knowing what the break is, or the frames. The commentators mostly talk over the referee so can't hear him either..

That is a very slow table.

needs more coughing

Came to see Ray but I never really appreciated the modern tables. Minimal cue control, cushion bounce and the balls sound awful on these vintage tables. At least it was in colour and the cloth was still green - at least some familiarity!! 😉

Why did you upload this in slow motion?

Let's expunge the term 'counter-clearance' from the snooker lexicon. It's just 'a clearance'. You're literally parroting John...

Ted Lowes commentary was so ridiculous. It’s as though he’s commentating on the second coming of Christ not Ray Rearden playing a shot to nothing safety.

Not spectacular by today's standards.

Perry was an awful player